Study: Building cognitive reserve helps delay memory and thinking decline regardless of genetic or childhood markers

By SharpBrains | August 8, 2022

Build­ing cog­ni­tive reserve could pro­tect against mem­o­ry and think­ing decline, even with low child­hood cog­ni­tion scores (Alzheimer’s Research UK): New research sug­gests that peo­ple who devel­op high ‘cog­ni­tive reserve’ by the time they reach 69 years old may reduce their like­li­hood of mem­o­ry and think­ing decline, even with low child­hood cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties. The study was…

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The best brain supplement to delay memory and thinking decline: A mentally stimulating job

By SharpBrains | April 29, 2015

. Chal­leng­ing Work Tasks May Have an Upside for the Brain (new study): “Pro­fes­sion­als whose jobs require more speak­ing, devel­op­ing strate­gies, con­flict res­o­lu­tion and man­age­r­i­al tasks may expe­ri­ence bet­ter pro­tec­tion against mem­o­ry and think­ing decline in old age than their co-work­ers, accord­ing to a new study

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